Track it
Start the tracker in the driver app
Tick off each step, keep notes, and open the council's pages from one place. Once you're licensed, upload your documents in the same app and start driving.
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For drivers · Glasgow
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To drive for hire you need a taxi or private hire driver's licence from your council. Here are the steps, in order. Track each one in the Let Rides Driver app as you go.
Check fees and current rules with the council. This is a general guide: councils set their own fees, tests and waiting times, and change them.
The steps for a private hire licence
Hold a full driving licence for 12 months
Glasgow City Council asks for a full driving licence held for at least 12 months. Check the current requirement with the council before you apply.
Glasgow City Council (opens the council's site in a new tab)Show you have the right to work in the UK
You'll need proof of your right to work, such as a UK passport or a share code. The council says which documents it accepts.
Glasgow City Council (opens the council's site in a new tab)Get a Disclosure Scotland check
The council asks for a criminal record check through Disclosure Scotland. Follow the council's instructions on which check to request.
Glasgow City Council (opens the council's site in a new tab)Pass a medical
Drivers usually need a medical to the standard the council sets. It may cost you; check the council's guidance before you book one.
Glasgow City Council (opens the council's site in a new tab)Pass the knowledge test
The council may test your knowledge of the area and the licensing rules (a topographical test). Check what it covers and how to book it.
Glasgow City Council (opens the council's site in a new tab)Apply to the council
Send your application with the documents and fee the council asks for. Fees and waiting times change, so check them with the council.
Glasgow City Council (opens the council's site in a new tab)Licence granted
When the council grants your private hire driver licence, enter the date in the Let Rides driver app. We check it against your licence before any new-driver offer applies.
Steps last checked by our team 26 Sept 2026.
New licence holders
Your first month of driving, free.
Start the tracker in the driver app before your licence is granted. When the council grants it, enter the date; once our operator has checked it, your first month of a driver package costs nothing.
- Start the tracker first. It has to be started before the date your licence was granted.
- For your first package. It's for drivers who haven't had a Let Rides driver package before, taken within 120 days of the grant.
- Then the normal price. Your package carries on at its monthly price unless you cancel, which you can do any month.
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